KAMPALA- Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board- UBTEB on Tuesday evening released the end of programme and Modular examination results for the July/August 2022 series.
The exam results conducted between 29th July to 19th August, 2022 in 544 examination centres were released by The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni at the Office of the President.
Mr. Onesmus Oyesigye – the Board’s Executive Secretary noted that the examinations were in the categories of; Technical Higher and National Diploma Programmes, Technical National Certificate -Modular Assessment, Technical Uganda Community Polytechnics – Modular Assessment, Business Diploma & Certificate Programmes and Physical and Biological Sciences Diploma & Certificate programmes.
He noted that they registered a total of 39,036 candidates for end of programme and modular assessment in the July/August 2022 series which is a bigger number compared to the previous years.
“The increase in number of candidates is attributed to continued advocacy for Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Skills, introduced system of modularised assessment and the awakening of citizens towards vocational skills acquisition.”
He noted that out of this number, 36,941 (95%) turned up for examinations while 2,095 (5%) were absent in one or more modules.
“There are various reasons for this absenteeism, but the most probable are failure to meet the tuition fees requirements, being engaged in work for working students and sometimes sicknesses as had been revealed in the 2019 UBTEB study survey. Whereas the 5% absenteeism is still high, there is a 15% reduction from 19.8% in 2020. However, the Research unit of the Board will later explore the current circumstances that could further explain this,” he said.
According to UBTEB, 28,050 (76%) successfully acquired all competencies in their respective trades with 32% (8,948) females and 68% (19,102) males. There is a 3% performance improvement compared to the May/June 2020 examinations results.
“Very good performance was exhibited in Technical Higher Diploma programmes with 99%, Business Certificate programmes (88%), Physical and Biological Science Certificate and diploma programmes with 84% and 83% respectively. Candidates of the modular assessment under the Uganda Community Polytechnic Certificate programmes equally performed well at 81% pass rate,” noted Mr. Oyesigye.
Mr. Oyesigye says that whereas the number of female candidates has continued to increase, the male candidates still dominate which calls for continued awareness and more affirmative actions.
However, he reported that there were some modules in which candidates did not show expected competencies, especially in technical certificate modular assessment in Motor Vehicle Mechanics, Automotive Mechanics, Hairdressing and body therapy, Building Construction, Fitting and Fabrication, Garment and Pattern making, Meat Processing and Preservation.
EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE
He revealed that a number of 28 students carried out examination malpractice, asking minister to cancel their examination results of the entire semester, something she agreed to.
“I appreciate the due diligence done by the Board in an effort to curb the malpractices. Whereas, there was a recorded reduction in malpractices compared to previous examination sessions, my Ministry does not tolerate any form of malpractice. This is a bad vice especially in skills training and should be fought by everyone including the candidates themselves, the parents, the training providers and the general public. I, therefore, agree with the recommendation of the Board that the results of the affected candidates be cancelled. However, the affected candidates will be given another chance to re-sit the examinations when next offered,” said Mrs. Museveni who was represented by the Minister of State for Higher Education – John Chrysestom Muyingo.
